Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 42
When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
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BNS Section 42 deals with when such right extends to causing any harm other than death and replaces IPC 104.
Bare act text — BNS 42
42. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.
If the offence, the committing of which, or the attempting to commit which occasions the exercise of the right of private defence, be theft, mischief, or criminal trespass, not of any of the descriptions specified in section 41, that right does not extend to the voluntary causing of death, but does extend, subject to the restrictions specified in section 37, to the voluntary causing to the wrong-doer of any harm other than death.
Frequently asked
What was BNS Section 42 in the IPC?
BNS Section 42 (When such right extends to causing any harm other than death) replaces Section 104 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC 104 is now BNS 42.
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Nearby BNS sections
- BNS 37 — Acts against which there is no right of private defence
- BNS 38 — When right of private defence of body extends to causing death
- BNS 39 — When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
- BNS 40 — Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of body
- BNS 41 — When right of private defence of property extends to causing death
- BNS 43 — Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of property
- BNS 44 — Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person
- BNS 45 — Abetment of a thing
- BNS 46 — Abettor
- BNS 47 — Abetment in India of offences outside India